diff --git a/e2e/playwright/projects.spec.ts b/e2e/playwright/projects.spec.ts
index d1b04101c..33ca90e2f 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/projects.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/projects.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test.afterEach(async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
 })
 
 test(
-  'CRUD projects',
+  'Rename and delete projects, also spam arrow keys when renaming',
   { tag: '@electron' },
   async ({ browserName }, testInfo) => {
     const { electronApp, page } = await setupElectron({
diff --git a/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts b/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts
index 053f7e276..3f9908f07 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts
@@ -640,20 +640,20 @@ export async function setup(
       token,
       settingsKey,
       settings,
-      appSettingsFileKey,
-      appSettingsFileContent,
+      // appSettingsFileKey,
+      // appSettingsFileContent,
     }) => {
       localStorage.setItem('TOKEN_PERSIST_KEY', token)
       localStorage.setItem('persistCode', ``)
       localStorage.setItem(settingsKey, settings)
-      localStorage.setItem(appSettingsFileKey, appSettingsFileContent)
+      // localStorage.setItem(appSettingsFileKey, appSettingsFileContent)
       localStorage.setItem('playwright', 'true')
     },
     {
       token: secrets.token,
-      appSettingsFileKey: TEST_SETTINGS_FILE_KEY,
-      appSettingsFileContent:
-        overrideDirectory || TEST_SETTINGS.app.projectDirectory,
+      // appSettingsFileKey: TEST_SETTINGS_FILE_KEY,
+      // appSettingsFileContent:
+      //   overrideDirectory || TEST_SETTINGS.app.projectDirectory,
       settingsKey: TEST_SETTINGS_KEY,
       settings: TOML.stringify({
         ...TEST_SETTINGS,
@@ -672,9 +672,11 @@ export async function setup(
 export async function setupElectron({
   testInfo,
   folderSetupFn,
+  overrideDirectory,
 }: {
   testInfo: TestInfo
   folderSetupFn?: (projectDirName: string) => Promise<void>
+  overrideDirectory?: string
 }) {
   // create or otherwise clear the folder
   const projectDirName = testInfo.outputPath('electron-test-projects-dir')
@@ -688,7 +690,14 @@ export async function setupElectron({
 
   await fsp.mkdir(projectDirName)
 
-  const electronApp = await electron.launch({ args: ['.', '--no-sandbox'] })
+  const electronApp = await electron.launch({
+    args: ['.', '--no-sandbox'],
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      TEST_SETTINGS_FILE_KEY:
+        overrideDirectory || TEST_SETTINGS.app.projectDirectory,
+    },
+  })
   const context = electronApp.context()
   const page = await electronApp.firstWindow()
   context.on('console', console.log)
diff --git a/src/lang/wasm.ts b/src/lang/wasm.ts
index 9a5d25ba5..fbdcd18f9 100644
--- a/src/lang/wasm.ts
+++ b/src/lang/wasm.ts
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ export function defaultAppSettings(): Partial<SaveSettingsPayload> {
 
 export function parseAppSettings(toml: string): Partial<SaveSettingsPayload> {
   const parsed = parse_app_settings(toml)
-  console.log('within wasm.ts, parsed app settings', parsed)
+  // console.log('within wasm.ts, parsed app settings', parsed)
   return configurationToSettingsPayload(parsed)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/desktop.ts b/src/lib/desktop.ts
index 12a7cc44e..9b16e40d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/desktop.ts
+++ b/src/lib/desktop.ts
@@ -443,7 +443,18 @@ export const readAppSettingsFile = async () => {
   }
   const configToml = await window.electron.readFile(settingsPath)
   const configObj = parseAppSettings(configToml)
-  const overrideJSON = localStorage.getItem('APP_SETTINGS_OVERRIDE')
+  const overrideJSON = window?.env?.[TEST_SETTINGS_FILE_KEY]
+  console.log(
+    'overrideJSON',
+    overrideJSON,
+    window.electron,
+    window.electron.process?.env,
+    window.electron.process?.env?.TEST_SETTINGS_FILE_KEY,
+    window.electron.process?.env?.TEST_SETTINGS_FILE_KEY?.(),
+    window.electron.process?.env?.BASE_URL?.()
+    // window.electron.process?.env?.BASE_URL
+  )
+  // const overrideJSON = localStorage.getItem('APP_SETTINGS_OVERRIDE')
   if (overrideJSON) {
     try {
       const override = JSON.parse(overrideJSON)
diff --git a/src/machines/authMachine.ts b/src/machines/authMachine.ts
index 2c2c33fb4..770e1e7d5 100644
--- a/src/machines/authMachine.ts
+++ b/src/machines/authMachine.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ export type Events =
 const COOKIE_NAME = '__Secure-next-auth.session-token'
 export const TOKEN_PERSIST_KEY = 'TOKEN_PERSIST_KEY'
 const persistedToken =
-  getCookie(COOKIE_NAME) || localStorage?.getItem(TOKEN_PERSIST_KEY) || ''
+  VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN ||
+  getCookie(COOKIE_NAME) ||
+  localStorage?.getItem(TOKEN_PERSIST_KEY) ||
+  ''
 
 export const authMachine = createMachine<UserContext, Events>(
   {
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ export const authMachine = createMachine<UserContext, Events>(
             {
               target: 'loggedIn',
               actions: () => {
+                console.log('login and shit')
                 return assign((context, event) => ({
                   user: event.data.user,
                   token: event.data.token || context.token,
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ export const authMachine = createMachine<UserContext, Events>(
             {
               target: 'loggedOut',
               actions: (args) => {
+                console.log('logout')
                 return assign({
                   user: () => undefined,
                 })
@@ -118,12 +123,14 @@ export const authMachine = createMachine<UserContext, Events>(
 )
 
 async function getUser(context: UserContext) {
-  const token =
-    context.token && context.token !== ''
-      ? context.token
-      : getCookie(COOKIE_NAME) ||
-        localStorage?.getItem(TOKEN_PERSIST_KEY) ||
-        VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN
+  console.log('getUser context', VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN, context)
+  const token = VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN
+    ? VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN
+    : context.token && context.token !== ''
+    ? context.token
+    : VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN ||
+      getCookie(COOKIE_NAME) ||
+      localStorage?.getItem(TOKEN_PERSIST_KEY)
   const url = withBaseURL('/user')
   const headers: { [key: string]: string } = {
     'Content-Type': 'application/json',
@@ -138,6 +145,10 @@ async function getUser(context: UserContext) {
       LOCAL_USER.image = ''
     }
 
+    console.log('skip', {
+      user: LOCAL_USER,
+      token,
+    })
     return {
       user: LOCAL_USER,
       token,
diff --git a/src/preload.ts b/src/preload.ts
index fc9d53e4e..2ce5f78d9 100644
--- a/src/preload.ts
+++ b/src/preload.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { ipcRenderer, contextBridge } from 'electron'
 import path from 'path'
 import fs from 'node:fs/promises'
-import packageJson from '../../package.json'
+import packageJson from '../package.json'
 import { components } from 'lib/machine-api'
 import { MachinesListing } from 'lib/machineManager'
 
+console.log('preload.ts loaded', packageJson)
+
 const open = (args: any) => ipcRenderer.invoke('dialog.showOpenDialog', args)
 const save = (args: any) => ipcRenderer.invoke('dialog.showSaveDialog', args)
 const openExternal = (url: any) => ipcRenderer.invoke('shell.openExternal', url)
@@ -81,7 +83,11 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electron', {
   process: {
     // Setter/getter has to be created because
     // these are read-only over the boundary.
-    env: Object.assign({}, exposeProcessEnv('BASE_URL')),
+    env: Object.assign(
+      {},
+      exposeProcessEnv('BASE_URL'),
+      exposeProcessEnv('TEST_SETTINGS_FILE_KEY')
+    ),
   },
   kittycad,
   listMachines,